>>262070>>262070oh jesus anon thank you Im reading a biography about napoleon atm, it didnt really seem to make a big deal out of this battle. Most of what I remember is that Murad Bey got his shit pushed in and fled towards syria i think

>>262705Not destroying the anglo when he had the chance. Should have went straight to London>bongs depose him and exile possibly one of the greatest rulers in history>they make a fucking chant about him after>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjl2h4Zo5U

>>262705He gave Spain to Joseph and was overzealous with the Continental system. One or the other would have been managable, but fighting both Russia and committing troops to Spain to be led by less-than-stellar generals was very draining.

>>261951because there was no real plan to the invasion of Russia other than engage and annihilated the Russian army and force Alexander to reenter the continental system

as the Grand Armee advanced on Vilna, Vitebsk and eventually Smolensk without engaging the Russian Army, his Marshal's kept urging Napoleon to abandon the campaign. But he was determined to defeat Russia, as he believed if he were to abandoned the campaign Austria and Prussia would sense weakness and rise against him. againThe two armies finally met at Borodino and while the French were victorious, Napoleon failed to decisively defeat and destroy the Russian army. with this failure, Napoleon realised that the campaign was in tatters and occupied Moscow with the slight hope it might force Alexander to come to peace. But it didn't work, a fire burnt down Moscow and with no stores or winter provisions, the French had to leg it.

There were honestly a number of decisions throughout the campaign that could have salvaged the situation but stubbornness, poor decisions and misfortune made it almost ruinous

even then, Napoleon still could have won the following 6th coalition war if he had a bit more fortune or his marshals had been more competent

>>262087The whole expedition was retarded and mostly succeded in giving nelson a great victory at abukir bay. + it also portrayed napoleon as a "bringer of peace" when he came back to quash one coup or the other and, get this, save the Republic

>>265380He could have easily won, just ignore Iberia and not Invade Russia. Now he has an extra 650000 Troops ready to fuck up Europe if need be. What he should have done is completely destroy Austria and spend the rest of his reign building a fleet to take on Britain

>>268013You cant really blame Ney. He was a phenomenal marshal for a long time, and he was super fucked up with PTSD after the retreat from Russia. Still doesn't mean I don't hate him a bit for not spiking those fucking cannons at Waterloo, though

>>2692601) France was fucking huge at the time. Even before the revolution, the French population was huge (in the 20s of millions). This made it significantly larger than any nation other than Russia. The introduction of the levee en masse during the revolution allowed France to tap into that manpower completely, and was why there was such a rapid growth in army size's during the era

2) Napoleon also levied troops from client and allied states. So Italy, members of the Confederation of the Rhine, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, even Prussia and Austria, contributed to the army.

>>269260Heavy amounts of conscription, he occasionally called up people a year in advance, couple that with forced contributions from other states and you get a large force going. The logistics side of things was depots all over Europe garrisoned by troops.

>>269260He needed an army that big to keep Europe in line, but the problem with an army that huge was the logistics and upkeep. To sustain an army that large he needed all the extra ground and conquering, and massive public support. Thus he got caught in an economy of war with so much resources being stuck in it and all. There's a lot to find on the subject if you dig into it, interesting stuff really. There was a historian who compared it to the American military spendings today, i don't know what he said exactly (or who he was), but it's nice stuff to read about.

>>270165>>27018240 millions was France population in 1939In early 19th century, they had around 28 millionsIt was still more than most of European countries thoughBut not more than several big European countries combined, which is why Napoleon was almost always outnumbered in battle regardlessPic related, the most significant battles of the Napoleonic Wars

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